The Government of the Republic of Korea has provided US $ 5 million for the implementation of a COVID-19 comprehensive response program in Uzbekistan for 2021, of which US $ 4.57 million is to be contributed to the health sector, the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Tashkent said.

The Senate will convene for the twentieth plenary session on October 20, the press service of the Senate said in a statement on Tuesday.

On the morning of October 13, a batch of 200 thousand doses of Chinese Sinovac coronavirus vaccine, as well as 20 thousand Favipiravir drugs were delivered to Tashkent from Istanbul, the Ministry of Health said.

During the G20 meeting on Afghanistan, President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, will announce a support package worth around €1 billion for the Afghan people and neighbouring countries, addressing the urgent needs in the country and the region. The socio-economic situation in Afghanistan is deteriorating, putting hundreds of thousands of Afghans at risk as winter approaches. Humanitarian assistance alone will not be enough to avert famine and a major humanitarian crisis.

For the first time in Uzbekistan’s history, a complex surgical operation was performed to reconstruct the pelvic ring with an individual endoprosthesis at the Republican Specialized Scientific and Practical Medical Center of Oncology and Radiology, together with a leading Russian oncologist.

Uzbekistan has reached an agreement with Turkmenistan on setting up of a "cross-border trade area" in the border area of ​​Alat district, announced the presidential candidate Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

On October 11, the Tashkent province governor Davron Khidoyatov signed the decision of the provincial council of people's deputies on Measures for further development of bus rapid transit (BRT) in the Tashkent province with application of international experience.

The President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, being in Karshi as part of his election tour in the provinces, talked to journalists, where he spoke about the fate of the Termez-Mazar-i-Sharif-Kabul-Peshawar railway, given the situation in Afghanistan.

The Russian authorities have lifted the travel ban for 150,000 Uzbek labour migrants, said Vadim Kozhenov, President of the Russian Federation of Migrants. Also, 150 thousand citizens of Tajikistan were pardoned.

On the margins of the ministerial meeting of the countries participating in the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia in Nur-Sultan the Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov held talks with his Indian counterpart Subramaniam Jaishankar, the Uzbekistan Foreign Ministry said.

The Cabinet of Ministers draft Measures to set up the Upper Topalang and Bobotog National Parks Resolution in Surkhandarya province has been posted.

First department of gene dermatoses in Central Asia was opened on October 10 at the Republican Specialized Medical Scientific and Practical Center for Dermatovenereology and Cosmetology under the Ministry of Health.

Sunny weather without precipitation will reign almost throughout Uzbekistan after a sharp cold snap last week, the Uzhydromet reported.

On October 11, the President of Uzbekistan met with voters of the Kashkadarya. In his remarks, Shavkat Mirziyoyev expressed his opinion on the industry’s development of the country.

Uzbekistan government delegation led by the Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov will attend the 6th meeting of foreign ministers of the countries participating in the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA), the Uzbek Foreign Ministry reported.

On October 8, the governments of Uzbekistan and Turkey signed an agreement on free-of-charge assistance in the public health care, Dunyo news agency reported.

Uzbekistan firmly condemns the terrorist act committed on October 8 during Friday prayers in the Afghan city of Kunduz, which resulted in numerous casualties, the Uzbek Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

The Samarkand international airport will be closed from October 20 to November 20 due to the preparations for the opening of a new airfield complex, the Uzbekistan Airports said.

In an interview to the Yangi O’zbekiston newspaper, the Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov commented on the possible resumption of Uzbekistan's membership in the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) following the pull-out of international troops from Afghanistan.

In the Global organized crime index for 2021, Uzbekistan was ranked 90th. The authors of the ranking assessed countries according to three criteria: